Earlier in a similar incident, a part of the highway was blocked due to mudslides and shooting stones. Interestingly, the area is prone to landslides with heavy rocks and stones falling from mountains thus blocking roads.
The Bogota-Villavicencio highway, which was blocked due to landslide, is an important transit route for beef, rice and palm oil.
Natural calamities in 2022: The worst disasters of 2022 fell across the spectrum, from floods in India and Pakistan, to drought in Somalia and earthquakes in Indonesia.
The city of Petropolis was slammed by a deluge on Tuesday, and Castro said almost 400 people were left homeless. Searchers picked through the wreckage throughout the day and 21 people were recovered alive.
Officials said one person was reported missing after the deadly slide in Risaralda, in the municipality of Pereira.
Multiple roadways have been closed because of flooding or landslides, including sections of Highway 1A, Highway 3, Highway 5, Highway 11, Highway 12 and Highway 91.
A gush of mud that swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo left at least two people dead and about 20 missing, officials said Sunday.
In the viral video, we can see a large area of land being pushed towards the sea. Several houses can also be seen floating in the dramatic video.
As Kerala continues to battle the torrential downpour lashing its shores, a horrifying visual of man's narrow escape from a mudslide in Malappuram has gone viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen walking unsuspiciously on road, holding an umbrella and talking to an older woman, on his way.
Eight people were killed in a mudslide in two remote Nepal mountain villages on Tuesday.
Seven people - three adults and four minors - died when part of a hillside collapsed in central Mexico due to heavy rainfall, local authorities said on Thursday.
The mine was recently shut down following a state government order banning illegal coal mining and a provisional ban on licensed mining activity, police said.
Searches for the missing people are underway in the southwestern region, where several days of heavy rainfall has resulted in flooding and landslides.
The number of people killed in Colombia after a surge of mud and water from three overflowing rivers swept through a small city has risen to 193.
Ghaziabad: National Highway number 24 has been closed after a portion of the road was hit by a massive mudslide. The incident took place near Hindon River in Ghaziabad today morning.The local administration immediately stopped
Banjarnegara, Indonesia: The death toll from a mudslide that flattened much of a village in central Indonesia rose to 51 on Monday before rain forced rescuers to halt their search for dozens of missing people,
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